Railway-chair



' (No Model.)

S. ANTHONY.

RAILWAY CHAIR.

No. 379,148. Patented Mar; 6, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SOLOMON ANTHONY, OF CONEMAUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,148, dated March 6,1888.

Application filed December 22, 1887. Serial No. 258,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SOLOMON ANTHONY, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Gonemaugh, in the county of Cambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway- Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to'the accompanying drawing, and toletters orfigures of referonce marked thereon, which forms a part ofthisspecification. Y

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railroadchairs; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of theparts thereof, which will be more fully hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective form ofrailway-chair for the purposes for which such class of articles areused, being strong and durable in its construction, easily and readilyapplied, and comparatively inexpensivein manufacture. I attain thisobject by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing,which is a sectional perspective view of my improved form of chair shownin connection with the rails.

A indicates the rails, B the chair, and O the wedges.

The chairs B are constructed on one side with upwardly-projecting lugswith rounded ends, which bear directly against the web of the railbetween the head and the bottom flange. The opposite side of each ofsaid chairs is also provided with an upwardlyprojecting lug, which isformed on its inner side adjacent to the rail of a curved configuration,and between each of the lugs a recess is formed for the reception of thelower flange of the rail. The inner side of each of the wedges whichrest against the rail is formed with the same configuration as the railsat this point, and on their opposite sides of a curved configurationcorresponding to the lugs adjacent thereto. When these wedges areinserted between the adjacent lugs and the rail, a tight joint is formedbetween the parts, which secures the rail against displacement. The lugsituated upon the opposite side of the rail merely bears against the weband slightly against the under side of the head, no other It is mypurpose and intent to place one of the chairs at the joint of the rail,insert a wedge, as hereinbefore described, and a chair on each side ofthe chair situated at the joint. By this means I not only look the railat the joint by means of the chair situated at the joint, but by havinga chair arranged on each side of the joint-locking chair I obviatelateral strain.

My improvement is adapted to be quickly applied, and when applied formsa strong and durable means of retention.

I claim The combination,with the rails, ofthe chairs B, constructed withlugs on onesidethereofhaw ing inner regular curved faces bearing againstthe web between the head and flange of the rails at the upper portion ofthe web and the under portion of the head only, and leavingaspacebetween said lugs and the lower flange for the pu rpose of readyremovalof the rail when desired, and oppositely-situated lugs with innercompound curved faces at some distance from the rail-web when inposition, theinner faces ofsaid lugs being cast smooth and the lugs ofthemselves integrally formed with a common base having a square cuttherethrough and through the lugs, forming a snug bearing for the sidesand under surface of the rail-flange, and metallic wedges 0, having aconfiguration on one side thereof conforming to the contour of the webof the rail and bearing flush with the rail up under the head thereof,and their opposite faces having a compound curved constructionconforming to and fitting within and against the inner compound curvedfaces of the lugs adjacent thereto, the said chairs being arranged asset forth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof laffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SOLOMON ANTHONY.

JAMES K. MOKINNEY.

